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rouleau

[roo-lo´] (Fr.)

an abnormal group of red blood cells adhering together like a pile of coins.

Human red blood cells arranged in rouleaux. From Dorland's, 2000.

rou·leau

, pl.

rou·leaux

(rū-lō'),

An aggregate of erythrocytes stacked like a pile of coins. Rouleau formation commonly indicates an increase in plasma immunoglobulin.

[Fr. spool, cylinder, fr. rouler, to roll, fr. L.L. rotulo, fr. rota, wheel]

rouleau

/rou·leau/ (roo-lo´) pl. rouleaux´ [Fr.] an abnormal group of red blood cells adhering together like a roll of coins.

rouleaux

[ro̅o̅lō′] sing. rouleau

Etymology: Fr, cylinder

red cells in a microscopic roll or "stack-of-coins" formation that may be caused by abnormal proteins, as in multiple myeloma or macroglobulinemia. Compare hemagglutination. See also erythrocyte sedimentation rate.

Rouleaux

rou·leau

, pl. rouleaux (rū-lō')

An aggregate of erythrocytes stacked like a pile of coins.

[Fr. spool, cylinder, fr. rouler, to roll, fr. L.L. rotulo, fr. rota, wheel]

rouleau

A stacked collection of red blood cells, like a roll of coins. Rouleau formation suggests an increase in immunoglobulins in the blood.

rouleau

pl. rouleaux [Fr.] a roll of red blood cells resembling a pile of coins.

rouleau formation

occurs when there is increased fibrinogen concentration or other changes in plasma proteins. It will disappear when blood is diluted with saline.

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My troops had completed a planning session with senior Iraqi leaders several kilometers behind the front lines," Rouleau said.

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Rouleau raconte aussi la mort de Nasser, la prise de pouvoir par Sadate et la facon dont ce dernier allait s'appuyer sur les Freres musulmans pour combattre la gauche et les marxistes, tout est la, un ouvrage auquel rien n'echappe, une etude munitieuse de l'histoire.

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In 1993, Rouleau directed Pomerleau's first play, Le Vieux fou.

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Rouleau and his team were especially interested in 'de novo' mutations, meaning those that are present in patients but absent in their parents.

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Having served as French ambassador to Libya, Tunisia, and Turkey, Rouleau has focused much of his writing on the Arab states in the Middle East and North Africa as well as on such regional countries as Iran, Israel, Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus.

AUB announces this year's honorary doctorate recipients: Walid Khalidi, Eric Rouleau, and Duraid Lahham